Miniature Apothecary Cabinet

 Hi Mini Friends!  Today I am sharing an apothecary cabinet that I made from two pieces of Dollar Tree dollhouse furniture that I've had for a while.  In fact, I'm not even sure if the store sells these items anymore.  I've been told that they don't.  I found these two pieces in my stash and decided to put them together.  

I started by popping the tall dresser into the microwave for a few second to warm the glue.  This allows me to gently take the piece apart.  I also did this to the shorter piece to take the knobs off of the drawers.  I removed the bottom and front pieces from the tall dresser and saved the front part of the bottom for the top.  That sounded confusing :)  Let me just show you...

First, I'm showing the finished product.  Isn't she lovely??!!

Now, here are the two pieces.

I added two shelves to the inside of the cabinet using scrap balsa wood.  Also, here is where I added the bottom front decorative piece to the top to give it a little detail.

Below is the bottom of the cabinet minus the drawer knobs.

I cut pieces of wood to look like little drawer fronts and used my Dremel to give the depth.

This was my first time using this tool with miniatures and I found that it was pretty fun but also really easy.  I normally use a fingernail file for everything.  This tool made it really quick too.

Here are the pieces glued together with the new drawer fronts.

Then I painted it all black.  After this was dry, I gave it a little buffing of the edges with a fingernail file to knock off a little paint and give it a worn, used and aged look.

I found some vintage apothecary drawer labels online.  I shrunk them on my computer and printed them out.  I also used gold beads and glued a black rhinestone on the front of each bead to hide the hole in the bead.

I added a little "moss" in a few areas on the cabinet.  My moss is just sawdust tinted with a little paint.

And waalaa!  She is finished!

I hope you enjoyed this cabinet!  Thanks for stopping by!

XoXo ~Laurie

Dollar Tree Table and Chair Up-Do

 Hi All!  Today I am sharing and Up-Do of a dollhouse table and chair.  By changing a few parts and giving a fresh paint job, these pieces went from drab to fab!  Lets get started.

I purchased this 1:12 scale wooden table from our local Dollar Tree for one dollar and also a chair for one dollar.  I used wooden table legs that I bought from Miniaturecrush on Etsy.  Also I used wood glue and popsicle sticks and acrylic crafts paint.

I decided that I like the curved piece but the square legs had to go.

After heating the table in the microwave for 15 seconds the glue softened and the legs came off easily.  I also wound up taking the curved pieces off because the were way off center.  I glued the curved pieces and new table legs back in place.

By using a ruler and the back edge of a knife I made indentions to replicate separate pieces of wood on the table top.  

I cut pieces of popsicle sticks and coffee stir sticks to make a bottom shelf for the table.

Almost looks like a totally different piece of furniture!

I gave the bottom two coats of celery green and the table top two coats of buttermilk paint.

I decided I just had to girly it up with some peach colored roses.

I also went over the piece with watered down brown paint for age and definition.  

The chair I just painted and added roses.

Thanks for looking!  

FYI this charming duo will be for sale in my Etsy shop Peppysis soon!